AM: Drawings Tab of the Options Dialog Box (AutoCAD Mechanical Toolset)

Specifies the default properties of drawing views generated by the AMDWGVIEW command.

Suppress

Suppresses calculations to speed up working in Drawing mode.

 

Hidden Line Calculations

Suppresses hidden lines calculations in all views when you enter Drawing mode.

 

Automatic View Updates

Suppresses updating geometry in all views automatically when you enter Drawing mode.

 

Drawing Viewport Borders

Hides drawing view borders.

 

Tapped Hole Thread Lines

Suppresses the thread lines of a tapped hole in a drawing view.

Hatch
 

Pattern..

Opens the Hatch Patterns dialog box.

 

One Layer for Hatch Patterns

Specifies that all hatch patterns are placed on the same layer.

 

Display Hatch in Iso Views

Specifies that the hatch shows in isometric views.

View Entity Color

Specifies the view color for visible edges, hidden edges, and hatch lines. You can use the part color, layer color, or part and feature color.

Parametric Dimension Display

Sets the display of parametric dimensions for active part views, multiple part views, and section views. Also hides zero-length parametric dimensions, and arranges dimensions automatically.

Automatic Centerlines

Defines the display of centerlines in a view automatically.

Settings

Displays the Centerlines dialog box, where you control how centerlines and center marks appear in Inventor link drawing views.

Save Orphaned Annotations

Saves orphaned annotations in a group named AM_ORPHAN, instead of removing them.

Copy Cutting Lines with Section Views

Copies cutting lines when section views are copied.